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Don't
even joke like that.” Mandy shook her head, sighing. “You
need this job more than you need a warm body to sleep by.”
    “ I
know. I was just joking.” I tried not to get agitated by her
seriousness. “So, what if I do get this job? What does it mean
for our living arrangement?”
    “ Well,
you only paid part of last month's rent, and even if you get this
job, you won't be able to pay any of this month's rent. I'm still not
sure this is going to work,” she said, and I knew exactly what
she was thinking. Even if I got this job, it would only be a matter
of days or weeks before I ran my mouth, got fired, and was out
looking for another one. Mandy wasn't stupid.
    “ Please,
Amanda. I promise if I get this job, I'll keep it no matter what. I
don't want to go live with Eric. I've really done a lot of thinking
about this.”
    “ I
don't know, Jen. My dad is riding my ass to get you moved out. I
don't think I can dissuade him any longer.”
    “ Please.
Please. Please. Please. Please.” I clasped my hands together,
begging. “I promise I won't screw up again. Just give me this
last chance. Talk to him. Tell him that if I quit this job or get
fired, you won't even have to ask me to move out. I'll do it on my
own, on the very same day. I promise. I really really need this last
chance. You're my only hope.”
    I
could see the pain in her expression. She hated it when I got like
this. Hell, I hated it when I got like this, but it was the only way
I could make Mandy cave, with begging and a pouty lip and puppy-dog
eyes.
    “ We'll
see,” she said finally. “But first you'll have to get the
job. There's no point in talking to my father until then.”
    “ Alright.”
I nodded, hopeful.
    “ Research
the company before you go in.” She stood and pointed at me.
    “ Fine.
Fine.”
    Before
I went to bed, I flipped on the computer to do a bit of research on
Syngex. The company was founded by John Kemble Senior and had been
around since eighteen-seventy five. It was the parent company to
multiple business ventures, from shipping to energy production to
manufacturing. By the time I got down to the bottom of the first
page, I was bored to tears. Who really cared about this stuff? It
wasn't like I needed to know the history of the company to do the
job.
    As
I drifted off to sleep, all I could think about was how this was my
last chance. If I didn't get and keep this job, my life would be
taking a dramatic turn. Perhaps living with Eric wouldn't be as bad
as I thought. Maybe I was just turning a mole hill into a mountain,
as I often did with other things. The truth though was that I didn't
want to find out if I was right or not. I had to make this work.

    The
next morning, I got up bright and early to make sure I looked
absolutely perfect for my interview. My long brown hair was slightly
curled into a stylish do that hung loosely over my shoulders. This
time, I wore a black pencil skirt with a white blouse, making sure
that both were tight enough to accentuate my better features. If I
couldn't win the interviewer with my words, then maybe I could sway
him with my body. It was a degrading thing to think, but I would use
whatever I had to work with to get this job. Today was swim or sink.
    I
held my head up high as I walked into the Syngex building, wondering
if I'd be lucky enough to have a chance meeting with Jim, my knight
in sexy business attire. It was a nice thought, but I couldn't let my
mind be distracted for too long. The building was absolutely massive,
seventy-nine stories tall, to be exact. Odds were, Jim and I would
never cross paths again.
    Unlike
last time, when my interview was held on the thirty-second floor,
this time I was required to rocket all the way up to the top of the
building. Luckily, the elevator ride was so smooth I could barely
feel it. Usually, elevators in buildings that tall made me ill with
motion sickness since they moved quickly. To be honest, being up that
high made me uncomfortable, but I